Improvement in indexing apparatus



- J. H; CARL-ISLE@ JfT. TAYLOR.

Indexing' Apparatus.

v"NrrHn STATES. PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. CARLISLE AND JOHN T. TAYLOR, OF WHITAKERiS, N. C.

IMPROVEMENT-INlNDEXING APPARATUS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 209,158, dated October22, 1878; application tiled J une 19, 1878.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN H. CARLISLE and JOHN T. TAYLOR, citizens ofWhitakers, Edgecombe county, State of North Carolina, have invented anew and Improved Indexing Escritoire; and we do hereby declare thefollowing to be an exact description thereof,ref erence being had to thefollowing speciiication and accompanying drawings, with the letters ofreference marked thereon, making la part of this specification.

Figure l represents one of the index flanged and grooved oblong platesA, (for the inscription of names o'r references,) made of any suitablematerial, andstrengthened by side' at grooved frames B, of any material,and having an alphabetical letter attached to the side of each plate, toform a series of twenty-six plates designated by the letters of thealphabet, arranged in the inside of a suitable desk, safe, or escritoirefor book-keeping purposes. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the safe G asan ornamental desk and private repository, inclosing the series ofindex-plates A, and in which the plates slide and are moved forward orbackward as required for reference or use, while any one of the plates-A can be drawn out singly, and the name or inscription thereon isdistinctly and quickly read. Fig. 3 represents the indexsafe O, with thedoor D closed, the open chamber, with the track or guide G G at top andbottom thereof, in which the index-plates A slide, exposing the alphabetarranged obliquely, and the drawer H below to contain book-keepingmaterials. Fig.

4 is a front elevation of the safe C with the front door D open.

The nature of our invention consists in the arrangement of a series ofiian ged and grooved sliding index-plates A, operated in a suitableVdesk or escritoire, C, constructed with a chamber, E, to contain theplates A and expose the index-letters, arranged obliquely, and a trackor guide G G at the top and 4bottom of the chamber, in which the platesA slide.

The ledge L at the side of the box C is intended as a stop to arrest anyof the plates A The index-case C, constructed with a cham- Y ber, E, andprovided with a series of sliding plates, A, track or guide Gr G',hinged stop L, door D, and drawer H, as hereindescribed, and for thepurpose set forth.

JOHN H. CARLISLE.

JOHN T. TAYLOR.

